The competition is open to all Commonwealth residents. Submitted photographs will be judged on the interpretation of the theme as well as technical quality.
Commonwealth photography competition invites entries
7 November 2006
‘Achievement’ is the theme of the Commonwealth Photographic Awards 2006/07
Calling all shutterbugs. Entries are now being invited for the 2006/07 Commonwealth Photographic Awards.
The theme this time for the awards, organised by the Commonwealth Press Union (CPU), is 'Achievement'.
The competition is open to all Commonwealth residents. Submitted photographs will be judged on the interpretation of the theme as well as technical quality. The overall winner of the Commonwealth Photographic Awards will receive a prize of £1,000, while more prizes are in store for regional winners.
The competition features a special award for young photographers from developing Commonwealth countries. The Canberra Times/CPU Young Photographer Award -- a three-week photographic residency at the newspaper's offices in Canberra, Australia -- is open to those who will be between 21 and 25 years of age as on 31 January 2007.
Another category -- named 'Three Pictures -- One Story' -- invites entrants to tell a story of achievement in three pictures. The prize for this award is £250.
The awards offer a view of how people in the Commonwealth, with its mixture of races, creeds, cultures and ways of life, see themselves and others, CPU Training Director Jane Rangeley said.
"We believe photography to be vital to the success of a newspaper. By supporting photographers -- whether amateur or professional, young or old -- we are encouraging an independent view, press freedom and democracy."
The deadline for submitting photographs is *27 April 2007. To see the rules, criteria and other details on the awards, plus winning photographs from previous years, visit http://www.cpu.org.uk/ and follow the picture link.
The awards are sponsored by the Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, Commonwealth Foundation, Royal Commonwealth Society, 'The Canberra Times', Canada's 'Globe & Mail' and The Guardian Foundation.
The CPU is an association whose membership includes more than 1,500 newspapers and news agencies. It monitors and opposes measures likely to affect the freedom of the press and works to improve the standard of news reporting in the Commonwealth.
* Deadline extended from 31 January 2007
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